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“We drove through snowy forest roads observing what was happening in nature, checking the surroundings and suddenly a call: a person carrying a deer. From the excitement, the first thought was that the animal was illegally hunted, we did not even check if it was alive. When the adrenaline kicked in, we flew directly to the specified location. It’s good that the event was pretty close to where we work. So we quickly found ourselves on a farm, “says Mantė Ramanauskienė, Chief Nature Conservation Manager of Panevėžys.
Upon arriving at the farm, environmental officials met with its owner, who made no secret of the fact that the deer had been brought from the other side of the forest. After inspecting one of the farm buildings on the farm, environmentalists found a deer encased in a chain. Concerned, environmental officials released the chick and inspected it to make sure there were no injuries.
Photo by the Department of Environmental Protection / Stirniukas
Officials also immediately inspected the area to make sure the animal had not been caught illegally. Without detecting loops or other forbidden tools, it turned out that the chick had been caught by hand.
When the deer recovered, the ecologists released it into the forest, away from the farm to a safer environment. A resolution has been issued to the person for the infraction and a sanction will be imposed.
“Wild animals must live in nature and be free, that is their nature. If a person had left a roe deer surrounded by a chain on the farm, what would have been its fate? ”, Says M. Ramanauskienė.
If a person had stayed on a farm with a deer surrounded by a chain, what would have been their fate?
According to the Code of Administrative Offenses, a person who has illegally kept an animal faces a fine of 60 to 300 euros. Violations of the wildlife trade regulations range from a fine of € 30 to € 300. The cruel treatment of an animal, the torture of an animal carries a fine of 50 to 1200 euros.
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